Upholstery-webbing stretcher



NW. 4 1924. I 1,514,273

C. VON SCHENK UPHOLSTERY WEBBING STRETGHER Filed June 11 1924 Patented Nov. 4, 1924 warren sm te se ed V urrronsrnitr-wnneine s rnn'rciann; 1

Application filed. June 11, 1924. Serial No. 719,350.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I CARL VON SoHnNK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Irvington, in the county of Westchester, State of New York, have invented a new and useful Upholstery-VJ ebbing Stretcher; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to stretching devices, and has for its object to provide a device of this character particularly adapted for stretching upholstery webbing, and at the same time holding the webbing while the webbing is being secured to a piece of furniture, and against the action of the usual coiled springs used in the chairs and the like, and which springs are supported by the webbing.

A further object is to provide an upholstery webbing stretcher comprising a toothed member adapted to engage and hold a piece of webbing, and to rock on an adjacent portion of a piece of furniture during a stretching operation. Also to provide the toothed member with a handle disposed at a right angle thereto, and substantially centrally disposed in relation to the center of the toothed member, whereby, during a rocking operation for stretching a piece of webhing, power will be applied to the device centrally thereof, and the device easily controlled and held against twisting.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawing, described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing z- Figure l is a top plan view of the stretching tool.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the stretching tool showing the same in position for use, and partly broken away to: better show the structure.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 33 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the handle member of the stretcher and 2 a transversely disposed arm disposed at a right angle to the handle memrorr cs.

her 1 and preferably in thesame plane as I the handle member. Arm 2 is offset from the end 3 of the handle member and is connected thereto by the L-shaped arm 4. It will be noted that the handle member 1 is centrally disposed in, relation to the transversely disposed member 2, therefore it will be seen that when the curved outer face 2 of the member 2 is placed in engagement with theside ofapiece of furniture 5, as shown in Figur 2, that a positive rocking action may be impartedon the member 2 with the power centrally disposed on the device, consequently the stretcher may be positively held against slipping or tilting M teeth during the stretching of the webbing 6 grip and hold'the' webbing during the stretching operation until the upholsterer. can secure the webbing to-the piece of furniture 5 by means of the tacks 10. During the stretching of the webbing, the upholsterer forces downwardly on the handle member 1 in the direction of the arrow a,

therefore it will be seen that the webbing may be placed under any tension desired and may be easily held under tension until secured in place. By providing the convexed surface 2 it is obvious that a rocking action will take place on the furniture, conse quently the finish of the furniture will not be marred. I I

From the above it will be seen that an upholstery webbing stretcher is provided, which stretcher is simple in construction and positive in its operation. It will also be seen that a handle member is provided which iscentrallydisposed in relation to the plurality. of teeth 9 whereby the power to the device as a whole will be applied centrally thereof, and at the same time the handle member will not interfere with the gripping of the webbing 6 by the teeth 9.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful is A webbing stretcher comprising a handle j the outer arm of the U-shaped member be- In testimony whereof I have signed my ing longer than the inner arm thereof, a name to this specification in the presence of toothed plate carried by the outer arm of two subscribing Witnesses.

the U-shaped member, said handle member CARL VON SCHENK.

' being positioned at a right angle to the Witnesses:

toothed plate and substantially intermedi- 131., T. RUMMIN, ate its ends. J. P. FULTON. 

